St. Stephanus (Bockum-Hövel)
St Stephen's Church , which has been a listed building since December 6, 1985, is the oldest and most traditional religious building of the Catholic Church in the Bockum district, part of the Bockum-Hövel district of the city of Hamm . The current church was built between 1905 and 1907 after Bockum citizens secretly brought the former church to collapse, which had become too small, in order to evade the monument protection regulations that provided for the preservation of the old church building.
history
Foundation of the church by the diocese of Münster
As early as the 8th and 9th centuries there were farms of Saxon farmers on the Bockumer Höhe . The associated farmers were called Buokheim, also called Bockhem (Buchenheim). This name is mentioned in many documents, sometimes in a further modified form. During this time, the center of Bockum was the Oberhof "Buokheim" with the farms attached to it. It originally belonged to the episcopal main court in Werne . He already had a church in earlier times, which is said to have been personally consecrated by Saint Ludgerus . It is probable that there has also been a separate church belonging to the Münster cathedral chapter in Bockum since the 10th century , even if it was not explicitly mentioned in a document until 1092. In addition to the Oberhof in Bockum, the Oberhöfe Hugenpfahl in Stockum and Beckedorf in Horst, where there were chapels, belonged to the main courtyard in Werne. Although Bockum was later removed from the parish of Werne and enlarged in 1227 by a small part of the original parish of Ahlen , the right of patronage for the church there still rests with the owner Beckedorf. The church of the parish of Bochem (1081-1105) stood according to the document from 1090 as a cathedral capitular church on the Oberhof. Prince-Bishop Hermann II von Katzenelnbogen assigned it in 1193 to the Archdeaconate of the Provost of St. Martini in Münster . The Oberhof Langen Buokheim, which was also called Kemnadinkhof, was the seat of a Schulzen who had to collect the taxes from the surrounding courtyards. In 1265 it still belonged to the cathedral chapter. When, after the founding of the church, the area around it became a sought-after settlement, the farm was divided up (before 1300). This resulted in individual farms and cottages in the new church village and in its surroundings. These were acquired by the von Rinkerode zu Steinfurt-Heessen (Steinfurt = Drensteinfurt ) family and remained in their possession until the beginning of the 19th century. The lord of the castle of Heessen was the landlord to whom the farms and cottages were subject to duty and tax. The Oberhof Bockum, which has survived for centuries, also came into the possession of the Lords of Heessen in 1468 when the estates and farms were divided between Steinfurt and Heessen. A significant amount of land and arable land remained with him. The farm later changed to private ownership and was under the Schulze-Blasum family until 1880 (alternative information: 1890). Then it passed to the Fritz Köhne family, who managed it until 1970. That year the courtyard building was demolished. The Köhne family moved into a new farm on Tarnowitzer Strasse, and the Ludgeristift Bockum retirement home is now on the site of the former Oberhof.
Presumed founding of the church by Bernhard von Werl-Hövel
The assumption of the local home administrator Willi Schroeder that St. Stephen's Church was founded in the second half of the 11th century by a Count Bernhard von Werl-Hövel is more likely to be relegated to the realm of legend. Although there was a county of Hövel, according to the current state of research, this only came into being after 1124. Consequently, there was never a Count Bernhard von Werl-Hövel (cf. also the article Count von Hövel on this topic ). The confusion about this goes back to a medieval source, the Annalista Saxo . This describes a Count Bernhard who had a daughter named Ida and a granddaughter named Adelheid. According to the information provided by Annalista Saxo, Schroeder identified this Bernhard with Bernhard I von Werl , referring to the older research by Paul Leidinger , which he himself later revised . He is said to have built Hövel Castle in 1003 and was the first of the Counts of Hövel. When his granddaughter Adelheid von Lauffen was born between 1045 and 1050 , according to uncertain tradition, Bernhard, as a grateful grandfather, founded his own church in Bockum, which received the patronage of Saint Stephen . At the same time, Bernhard is said to have brought a female order to Hövel that was not yet affiliated with any community. He settled this in the monastery courtyard . The grounds of the monastery courtyard probably already served as a Roman fort and / or arsenal; lance tips and small horseshoes from Roman times have been found here. If there was a church in Bockum at such an early point in time, so Schroeder, it could not have been much more than a modest wooden structure. The existence of a church founded by a Count von Hövel is doubtful because, according to the more recent research by Paul Leidinger, there never was a Count von Hövel from the Werl family. Rather, Bernhard, mentioned in the Annalista Saxo, should be equated with Bernhard II von Werl , the ancestor of the Counts of Arnsberg . The Höveler area was first given to Arnsberg and only became an independent county after the death of the last Arnsberg count in 1124. So if there was an early St. Stephen's Church, it was founded in Münster, possibly by the diocese founder Liudger .
Old church
The first church at this location, presumably a simple wooden structure, was first documented in 1092. When the ownership of St. Stephen's Church could not be clarified between 1170 and 1180, the cathedral chapter of Münster became a tenant of the Bockum Church: in 1193, Bishop Hermann II divided it into the archdeaconate (spiritual court district) of the provost of St. Martini in Munster too. The dean of the cathedral and provost of Sankt Martini in Münster Gottfried von Altena , who - assuming his existence - was a descendant of Count Bernhard von Hövel, became feudal lord . In this way, St. Stephanus became a separate church of the cathedral chapter of Münster, which at that time still owned the Bockum court. In 1270, Prince-Bishop Gerhard von der Mark inaugurated a stone-built St. Stephen's Church in Bockum, the so-called Old Church . Its four-sided tower dates from the Romanesque period, the late Gothic nave was added to Schwieters in the 14th century. The old building served the community as a place of worship for over five centuries. The different types of walls that can be seen in the picture show that the church has been rebuilt and supplemented several times over the centuries.
Over the years a village developed around the church from the farmers 'groups Barsen, Holsen, Merschhoefeld (Merschhoven) and Bockum, which took over the old farmers' name Bockum from the upper farm "Buokhem" (= beech forest), which in turn was subordinate to the main farm Werne. The new parish was separated from the parishes of Ahlen and Werne . The right of patronage is still liable to the present day on the property of the noble house Beckedorf . The patron saint used to have the right to propose the holder of a pastor's office, who was then officially appointed by the bishop. The patronage family was also responsible for furnishing the church. She also had the right to be buried in this church. Owners of the patronage rights were first the Lords of Hövel , then the Barons of Boymer (Böhmer) zu Beckedorf, then the Counts of Lignéville, then the Counts of Gourci, then Herr von Schlebrügge zu Beckedorf and finally, from 1855, the Counts of Merveldt of Westerwinkel Castle . It still lies with them and is still practiced by them to this day. In the Stephanuskirche in Bockum there is a coat of arms of a holder of the patronage right. The coat of arms "Zurmühlen" shows a crowned lion, turned to the right, holding a lily in its paws, while the lower half of a gray, natural-colored millstone is shown below. There is an inscription on the escutcheon: obiit - 1804 - April 25th - aetatis 29 (she died - 1804 - April 25th - at the age of 29). In the church book of the then parish church St. Stephanus in the episcopal archive in Münster it says about the woman who died in 1804: Clara Bernardine von Schlebrügge, b. Zurmühlen, wife of Mr. von Schlebrügge, owner of the Beckedorf estate, 29 years old, died on April 25 in the morning at 1/2 11 in childbed, the undersigned (Pastor Joseph Kumann ) knew the deceased personally, buried on April 27, Hereditary funeral, leaves behind a husband and five miner children .
If the parish of Bockum belonged to the prince-bishopric of Münster from 1173 to 1802, it was added to the newly founded district of Lüdinghausen on December 23, 1803 and made an independent community. In 1873 the Kulturkampf Acts led to a prolonged closure of the church because the clergy had been banned from any public service. In 1891 the old church was placed under monument protection from 1270, as it was one of the art monuments of Westphalia. At this point in time, the Romanesque tower and the Gothic nave, which was added in the 14th century, were still completely intact. In addition to the nave, the latter had only one aisle (churches usually have one nave and two aisles) facing north. The two ships each had two yokes. Because there were only two vaults, there was only a single, mighty pillar in the church to support it. In the east there was a straight, closed, late Gothic choir with sloping buttresses on the outside. In the tower hung three very old bells with no year or inscription. A fourth bell was attached to the outside of the tower and was used as a clock bell. This bell hung from 1978 to Easter 2006 in the choir of today's St. Stephen's Church and was rung to announce the services. A Romanesque baptismal font , probably from the 12th century, which is decorated with sloping arcades under a leaf frieze, still stands in today's church; The old sacrament house with a rich structure from the 14th century has also been taken over into the new church and placed on the former women's side.
For the year 1851 the manual for the diocese of Münster names 900 Catholics belonging to the parish. In addition, many believers from the neighboring parish of Werne preferred to visit the church in Bockum because of the long distance there. The church must therefore have long been felt to be far too small. Pastor Bernhard Homann (1836–1884) therefore set up a church building fund; the church was to be rebuilt and expanded in the following years. Attempts were initially made to defuse the situation by having several large galleries built in, which was perceived as a considerable distortion of the church building. The planned structural measure, however, required a thorough renovation of the foundation walls of the 600 year old church. As early as the middle of the 19th century, it was therefore decided to replace the increasingly decaying church, which was believed to be “without significant art”, with a new building. The church council and the parish council agreed to oblige each of the communicants to pay a penny a week into the building fund. In addition, each landlord should withhold one church penny from his servants. The regular church visitors from Werne also participated in the payments. These amounts were collected and invested at the bank every six months at an interest-bearing rate. Pastor Heinrich Rolff (1894–1901) continued to collect money for the building project, also in the neighboring villages.
The account book for Bernhard Mühlenhoff shows a house collection carried out for the church building:
“Warm request for charitable donations for the new building of a Catholic parish church in Bockum (Dean's Office Lüdinghausen).
The cath. Parish of Bockum in the Lüdinghausen district has 950 souls. The church no longer meets the needs of the community and is in such a structural condition that for many years the urgent need for a new building has been expressed from all sides.
However, once this emergency situation was recognized, it could not be planned for a certain period of time because the municipality is unable to raise the costs from its own resources. Because of the necessary infrastructure it has got into a large debt burden, has to pay 180% of local taxes, and finally its tax power cannot be described as good. In addition, a large part of the visitors to the church belong to foreign congregations, and furthermore that the property often belongs to foreigners, some of whom cannot be used to pay taxes in favor of the church. Although there are considerable demands on the community, it has been collecting for the new building for years and has raised a considerable amount.
In order to achieve the long-awaited goal, the President of the Province of Westphalia, on December 21, 19000, sub 15719, you graciously the holding of a house collection at the Catholic. Approved for residents of the Province of Westphalia. This house collection is recommended by Sr. Episcopal Grace, the Reverend Bishop Hermann von Munster and the Most Reverend Episcopal Vicariate General in Paderborn in the following way.
Munster, Jan. 29, 1901
The Bishop of Munster
J. N: 664
We recommend the charity of our diocesans to the charity of our diocesans for the house collections approved by the Upper President for the construction of a new Catholic church in Bockum, Dean's Office Lüdinghausen. At the same time we authorize the pastors of the respective part of our diocese to announce the holding of the collections from the pulpit and to give the most support to those who are in charge of the collection.
SS. Signed + Hermann
The collection for the new building of the cath. Church in Bockum is highly recommended for the benevolent support of our diocesans.
Paderborn, March 1901
Episcopal Vicariate
Wigger "
In the account book there are sealed and certified house collections with income from the places Menden, Olfen, Werne, Seppenrade, Nordkirchen, Südkirchen, Cappenberg, Venne and Senden.
At the turn of the 20th century, the church's congregation already numbered over 1,000 people. The churches finally no longer had the capacity to receive all believers. However, the Baukasse now comprised more than 70,000 marks, some of which came from a special collection made especially for this purpose. The pastor at the time, Bernard Weckendorf, began immediately after his appointment as pastor of St. Stephanus in 1901 to plan the new church in concrete terms. First he had a new pastorate built in 1901, which was completed in 1903 along with the garden and pond. Then the old pastorate was set up as an emergency church; the old church was left empty. The valuable sacristy objects were set up in the emergency church: altar with relics, Romanesque baptismal font, late Gothic sacrament house, baroque Pieta, statue of Saint Stephen, the organ acquired from Herbern in 1858.
Originally, a smaller building based on the dimensions of the existing church was envisaged. The sudden industrial development, which finally led to the sinking of the Radbod colliery in 1905/1906, led to a large increase in settlement so that even more space was required. Therefore, a larger building was considered. Among several applications - including from Hilger Hertel the Younger and Johann Franziskus Klomp - the design by the Berlin architect Franz-Heinrich Jennen (1872–1920) was chosen. In 1911 he also had the parish church of St. Jakobus d. Ä. built in Oeding / Südlohn and later designed various Berlin underground stations in Wedding and the city center.
In 1903 they wanted to start building the new church. The first thing to do was to remove the old church. However, the government did not approve the new building on the old site because the preservation authorities opposed the demolition of the old church . This should be preserved as an art monument under all circumstances. The church was cleared anyway and suffered damage in a storm in November 1903. One was hoping for the next "shower wind, in which the power of a royal conservator would have nothing to sedge", as a newspaper wrote. The fact that the next "storm damage" was not long in coming was probably due to the fact that the additional space required for the new building had already been purchased and the construction site had begun.
The pastor made two trips to the ministry in Berlin on this matter, but without success. When he returned from the second trip, a parishioner received him at the Hamm train station with the words: “Pastor, our church in Bockum collapsed yesterday. No stone is left standing on the other. Now we can build our new church on the spot. ” On March 21, 1904, the main and side aisles of the church collapsed, most likely not entirely without tutoring. The church council officially risked demolition of the tower. In addition, four more houses had to be demolished to make way for the new, larger church. One of them was the house of the Jewish Blumenthal family, who now moved to Hamm. Your so-called Bockumer “Judenhaus” was rebuilt after its demolition at Hammer Straße 4, but in 1993 it was demolished again. This removed the visual memory of the Jews of Bockum from the townscape of Hamm.
Today's St. Stephen's Church
construction
The current, neo-Romanesque St. Stephen's Church was built between 1905 and 1907 . The old church had pointed to the east with its choir - the sun rising in the east was considered a symbol of Christ. The new, larger Stephanuskirche was built in a north-south direction for reasons of space. Heinrich Jennen (1872–1920) was commissioned as the architect , who built a total of three churches in his life, but then received no more orders from the Catholic Church because he had married a Protestant woman. Jennen had initially estimated the construction costs at 150,000 M, but had to correct this figure up to 200,000 M. A resolution of the church council from 1906 mentions an amount of 142,000M as available equity capital. 30,000M was taken as a loan. In addition, the political community committed itself to pay interest and amortization. The Prussian king granted a "grace gift" of 10,000 marks. There were also donations from the community. A subsidy of only 1,000 M from the colliery was perceived as very disappointing. The Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin paid 125 M. in exchange for one of the tree coffins that were found during the excavation for the foundations of the Stephanuskirche. The Gustav Lübcke Museum in Hamm received another such coffin ; Similar finds had been made at St. Regina in Rhynern.
Consecration
The foundation stone was laid on July 24, 1906. On October 6, 1907 (alternative information: November 6, 1907) the newly built parish church was inaugurated by Bishop Hermann Jakob Dingelstad . It corresponds to a style that was common in northern Germany and Berlin at the time. Developed around the turn of the century from the forms of neo-romanticism, often interspersed in detail with elements of Art Nouveau and the Wilhelmine Renaissance . With its massive tower, it forms the landmark of the former village, which, like the Höveler Church , looks far into the Münsterland and the Hellweg area .
The large Romanesque baptismal font with blind arcades and leaf frieze from the middle of the 13th century, a further training of the type of the older baptismal font in the Evangelical parish church of St. Pankratius (Hamm-Mark) , has been transferred to the new building. The late Gothic sacrament house, which dates from the third quarter of the 15th century, was also integrated into the new building. In 1983 it got a bronze door designed by Tisa von der Schulenburg, on which the scouts sent by Moses and the Emmaus disciples are depicted with the risen Christ on the cloth. A wooden Vespers picture from the first quarter of the 18th century and a life-size statue of Saint Stephen also come from the old church. The cross dates from 1950 and was made by Heinrich Gerhard Bücker . In 1992 the church got a new organ, expanded to 30 registers with 2,010 pipes, from the Hamburg company Christian Lobback. An old organ prospectus, which the Breil company from Dorsten had created in 1918, was reused.
The other sacred objects initially set up in the emergency church also found their place in the new church. Master organ builder Breil took over the restoration of the organ, but it did not last. The two-month change of location had caused permanent damage to the instrument, so it was finally decided to buy a new organ. This could be inaugurated in 1918.
Follow-up time
In 1911 the sculptor Peter Weinfurth from Neuss began with the expansion of the high altar and the decoration of the capitals on the columns. After the First World War , a war memorial chapel was built in the tower to commemorate the 72 fallen from Bockum. It contained an altar and the pieta on it. The names of the fallen were to be read on the tower wall to the left and right.
In 1924 the church was painted. P. Hoppe from Düsseldorf created the Way of the Cross based on designs by Professor Pugel. In 1927, master carpenter Bernhard Hölscher made a new pulpit, the carvings of which were made by the sculptor Freichmann.
In 1927, due to the construction of the Radbod colliery, the population had grown so much that a separate church was built for the Catholics in the Bockum part of the colliery colony: in 1928 the Herz-Jesu Bockum-Radbod congregation was established as the rectorate of the St. Stephanus congregation. The Herz-Jesu-Kirche was consecrated on May 2, 1928. On June 1, 1939, the rectorate was raised to the status of an independent parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Rector Johannes Wellekötter, who was vicar in the St. Stephanus congregation from 1924 to 1928 and the rector of the new Herz-Jesu congregation from 1928, now became its first pastor.
In 1931 the electric bell was installed in the Stephanuskirche. Two years later, in 1933, master carpenter Heinrich Hölscher built the side portal of the church (near Rodenstein). In 1934 the first warm air heating of the church went into operation. In 1935, master carpenter Bernhard Hölscher created the cupboards in the sacristy. The painting was done by master painter Josef Hölscher. In 1934 first communion was celebrated twice, for the children of the fourth year on White Sunday and for the children of the third year on July 1st.
The church survived the Second World War unscathed except for a few broken windows.
Shortly before Christmas 1953, a loudspeaker system was installed in the church. In 1954, the Nachtigäller company renewed the two round windows and six windows in the main nave.
Redesign from 1958
As a result of the liturgical reform , the interior of the church was redesigned in 1958. To finance the construction work, "letter collections" were held repeatedly. In January 1957, for the redesign of the tower chapel as a war memorial chapel, the Michael window was moved from the men's side as a central window in the tower chapel - the window openings in the masonry were the same size. The two other windows of the tower chapel were also renewed. After cleaning the colors, the Pieta got a uniform tint. It was then placed on a sandstone pedestal about three feet from the wall. Crosses of those who died in World War II were placed on the right side wall, and the names of those who died in World War I, who were missing and who perished at home on the left wall.
From March 3, 1958, the choir was redesigned. First the altar was demolished, then the slabs were torn open, the steps were laid, the base was created for a new altar that could be moved forward, and a makeshift altar was set up for the mass in front of a 3.5 meter high wood fiber wall. The Jacoby company from Anröchte then started building the new altar on March 10th, made of Anröchter dolomite stone. It consisted of two side pieces, a middle piece and a plate weighing 80 quintals.
The work was finished on Passion Sunday (March 20th). Pastor Rekers came to the conclusion that the new altar would not work against the dark colors of the walls. That is why he had the choir walls up to the windows and the apse painted over with special paint so that from now on they appeared bright. This created a lot of dissent in the community.
The Heinrich Nachtigäller company took over the scaffolding and overpainting work on April 24, 1958. It started in the choir, then it was the turn of the central bay of the transept, the side aisles and the remaining parts of the church. Nachtigäller designed the three red and blue choir windows above the altar. The paint was removed from the pillars and the natural stone was restored.
The old baptismal font, which had previously stood in the corner on the other side, was placed in place of the Joseph altar. The large triumphal cross was removed, tinted and hung on the wall opposite the baptismal font on the wall next to the side entrance; its ornaments were also removed. The rosary queen has been replaced by the figure of Immaculata, who had previously stood in front of the pillar and had previously had the colors removed.
The stoning of St. Stephen, the altarpiece from the old church, corresponding to the cross on the other side, was placed on the wall opposite the altar of Our Lady. Until then it had been hanging in the hall of the pastorate. Finally, the colored Way of the Cross was removed in favor of the white walls. Many parishioners demanded that it be preserved, but the pastor enforced his idea of the interior of the church. Finally, the sacraments were also stripped of their colors.
The Kaiser company from Neheim-Hüsten supplied new lighting. The six fluorescent tube domes illuminated the church interior including the vaults. Sculptor Bücker from Vellern created the tabernacle, candlestick and cross that completed the sanctuary.
On November 16, 1958, Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Baaken carried out the solemn consecration with the assistance of Dean Hörster and Pastor Hoppe . The former vicar Kleinbrink, pastor in Gladbeck since 1958, carried the relics to the altar. These were then walled up by Josef Rubbert.
In January 1968 a new tower clock could be installed. May 1970 the church heating was switched from coke to oil.
Renovation from 1977
In June 1977 the church was extensively renovated again. The costs were initially estimated at 448,000 DM, but were reduced by 76,873.25 DM as a result of the parishioners' own work. Initially, the choir was equipped with today's altar. In addition, marble floors were laid and a new heating system installed. The communion bench had already been cut in 1946 in order to create a passage to the choir (the flanking angel figures then stood for a long time next to the "Sorrowful Mother" in the tower chapel). Now they have been converted into choir stalls. Side altars and pulpit have been removed. The wooden sculptures of the four evangelists were placed in the choir and the eight church windows were renewed.
The late Gothic tabernacle from the 15th century, which had previously stood in the central part of the church, was placed in the crossing. In doing so, it was restored to its original function of housing the tabernacle. The altar, base and table were cut out of the old altar, as were the pedestals of the saints.
The altar was inaugurated on April 8, 1978. The bricklayer foreman Karl Rubbert walled up the relics of the martyrs Aetherius and amator in the table top of the altar. In the fully occupied church, Bishop Reinhard Lettmann explained his astonishment that the church had become so beautiful, dignified and welcoming.
In 1978 the old angelus bell was hung up as a sacristy bell . It hung in the choir room until Easter 2006.
In 1979 the local artist Dieckmann created the Mosaic Way of the Cross. In the same year, the “Madonna” by the sculptor Bernhardi was set up. In 1984 the "Good Shepherd", also manufactured by Bernhardi, followed.
In May 1980 the celebration altar, baptismal font and tabernacle were restored.
Monument protection 1985
The new church building was entered on December 6, 1985 under the serial number 19 in the list of monuments of the city of Hamm. The property of a monument relates to the exterior without modern ingredients (after 1945), to the interior (if preserved in historical form) and the constructive structure. Two bells from the 13th century and the tower clock from 1905 are also worth seeing.
Recent past
On October 7, 1988, lightning struck the church tower. The electrical installation was affected. The gold-plated weathercock, the rods and the bearings were also damaged, so that the weathercock and tower roof had to be replaced.
In 1991 the Breil organ was expanded. The Paul Reif company from Hoetmar installed the song display in 1992. A new organ went into operation at Christmas 1992. In the process, usable organ parts such as the prospectus were largely recycled. In 1994 the outside of the church was renovated, in which the roof was re-covered without the tower roof. Joints in the masonry were also repaired and the gables anchored.
In the summer of 1997 the church was painted. 1,938 m 2 of wall area and 905 m 2 of vault and belt arch areas had to be cleaned with special sponges, primed and provided with a primer. Finally the whole thing was painted over with a mineralization paint. In the vault, 214 m of cracks were scratched and properly grouted to repair cracks in the plaster.
Since the church doors could not be renewed due to the monument protection regulations, they were restored in 2002. For this purpose, the oak heartwood door leaves were sandblasted and stained. After the cracks and joints had been grouted, the doors were painted with a protective wood varnish. Particular attention was paid to the ornaments, which Pastor Werges interpreted as follows: It shows a cross and the fruits of oak and the paradise tree. The symbols point the viewer to God's faithfulness and salvation through Jesus Christ. Everyone who enters through the door can feel a reflection of paradise in the celebration of the service. In order to bring out the ornamentation again, it was cleaned and any corrosion damage was removed.
Since some parishioners and groups wanted the opportunity to climb the tower again, a ladder in the upper part of the tower was replaced by a staircase in 2003. This makes it possible to hold a guided tour of the bells for small groups.
In 2003 the inadequate interior lighting in the church was replaced. In order to adequately accentuate the architecturally and historically significant components, the architects' office “Böhm.Flohre.Monacu” designed a new lighting concept. For this purpose, reflector lights were installed in all yokes of the main nave, the aisles and at the four corners of the cross vault. These shine on the ceiling and emphasize the vault ribs by fitting them with sculpture lenses. Additional and larger spotlights were installed in the altar area and in the front yoke. These illuminate the ambo, side altar, altar table, sacrament house and baptismal font and thus emphasize this area. Spotlights were also installed in the organ gallery, in the area of the arches between the aisle and the main nave. The pendant lights in this area in the area of the benches ensure legibility, for example of the music from the church choir. The targeted illumination of the vaulted ceilings and the highlighting of the vault edges should create a festive atmosphere. This is supported by the option of switching the individual spatial areas (baptismal font, side aisles, entrance, altar, main nave) and the horizontal areas (spotlights above, pendant lights halfway up) separately.
History in Bockum-Hövel in the vicinity of the church
Pastor Kumann, who worked in Bockum from 1797 to 1836, owes Bockum-Hövel extensive research in the field of the history of the Münsterland. He wrote a history of the bishops of Münster as well as of the noble families, the manors and the towns and villages of the diocese.
Pastor Joseph Kloster (1931–1943) also wrote a chronicle that was updated by Pastors Johannes Wellekötter (1943–1945) and Hermann Rekers (1946–1960).
The history of the church was recorded in 2006 in a book by Franz Bäumer (responsible), Rev. Johannes Werges, Günther Bachtrop, Hermann-Josef Dörholt, Anneliese Langenstroth, Andreas Weber with the title St. Stephanus Bockum 1907-2007 .
Parish of St. Stephen
National Socialism and World War II
As Pastor Joseph Kloster reports in his chronicle, May 1, 1933 was "also celebrated by the church through a petition high mass" in St. Stephen's Church. The NSDAP celebrated this “National Labor Day” with rallies throughout the German Reich. In Bockum a pageant was formed in the direction of the market square in Hövel. "Church associations u. several clergy ”marched behind the swastika flags. The central celebrations from Berlin with Hitler's speech could be heard over loudspeakers on the market square. In the same year the harvest festival in St. Stephanus was not celebrated in church. The NSDAP had successfully asked to be allowed to decorate the place in front of the church portal for the harvest festival.
But soon afterwards, according to Pastor Kloster, an oppressive time began for the St. Stephen's congregation. When in 1934, as in 1933, the request was made to celebrate Thanksgiving in front of the church, it was granted on the condition that no swastika flags were displayed; the episcopal authority had banned the use of these flags on the houses of worship. Nevertheless, swastika flags were attached, which the pastor then had removed. In 1935, the party’s wish was met on the same terms. Those in charge of the decoration limited themselves to affixing swastika flags and garlands on the border of the forecourt. The pastor did not dare to demand that they be removed - the interior minister had ordered the churches to be flagged, while the episcopal authorities had once again issued a ban on flags. Because the pastor did not allow flags on the portal of the church, he was denounced in the newspaper the following day. The churches were decorated with the swastika flag for Thanksgiving, only the village church in Bockum was not. However, on this day, October 6th, the pastorate showed the swastika flag for the first time.
In 1935 the state forbade teachers from participating in church associations. As a result, the church lost dedicated staff. Until then, the teacher Miss Dieckmann had been prefect of the Virgins Congregation and chairwoman of the Elisabeth Society. Miss Kruse had taken care of the church newspaper and worked in the mothers' association. Miss Wenning had been the head of the singing department of the Virgins Congregation. Miss Potthoff had acted as chairwoman of the Catholic welfare association. Miss Holtkötter was the head of the Bonifatiusverein founded in 1933. They had all also worked for the Childhood Jesu Association and the Elisabeth Association.
In the same year the Secret State Police (Gestapo) stopped the German storm troop on a pilgrimage to Rome on the German-Swiss border . The German Youth Force (DJK) with the DJK Bockum also belonged to this association . Participants, including those from Bockum and Hövel, were detained at the border and searched on their return from Rome by order of the Gestapo. Tents and parts of the crevasse were confiscated. The onward journey was only permitted after foreign protests.
Also in 1935, Vicar Hermann Blanke had the commercial clerk Anton ("Tonius") Hölscher send a letter to those subject to compulsory labor in the Reich Labor Service (RAD) from the St. Stephen community . In it he calls on them, the “cath. To remain true to conviction ”and by their example“ to have a positive effect on those who think differently ”:“ Let the spade stab and the dagger in the sheath; doesn't make the noise even bigger, it's already big in Germany. ”A RAD field supervisor discovered the letter on a man on duty and handed it over to the Bockum-Hövel office in Hövel, where the criminal police that worked with the Gestapo were also located. Six police officers searched the Bockum vicarie and confiscated sermon texts, private correspondence and the vicar's typewriter. The Gestapo in Münster accused him of “sabotage of the RAD” and issued him a residence ban for the Münster administrative district . He then went to Mainz and the Allgäu , but was able to return after two months with the help of his brother, who was the district leader of the NSDAP in Ahaus . However, he was no longer allowed to work in the denominational youth associations and give religious instruction in schools . The pastor had to guarantee to the district administrator that the vicar would refrain from anything in the future that could even appear to be politically interpreted. The reason given was that Blanke did not guarantee that the youth would be educated in the National Socialist spirit . The Episcopal Vicariate General in Munster , at whose instigation he had written the letter, made it a condition that he should endeavor to withdraw the teaching ban, otherwise his transfer could not be avoided. Of course, Blanke could not change the Gestapo and was transferred by the Vicariate General . Tonius Hölscher, who wrote the letter, was arrested at his place of work in Hamm . The Gestapo took him to their notorious prison in Recklinghausen , where inmates were also tortured. In vain did Blanke visit the criminal police in the Bockum-Höve I office and the Gestapo in Recklinghausen , assuring that he was fully responsible for the letter. Hölscher was incarcerated in Recklinghausen for six weeks.
During this time, a cozy Sunday afternoon with cake and beer, planned by the church choir, was forbidden by the Secret State Police. At the same time, the young men Paul Staufenbiel and Johann Deipenbrock were excluded from the party, the former also from the SA, because they belonged to an association that had acted as disrupting the state. What was meant was the youth solidarity, which was assumed to have initiated the said letter. The two men were prohibited from belonging to any denominational association. As a result, the church choir and the youth solidarity lost several members.
In the autumn of 1940, Father Emil Schumann (born December 28, 1908 in Duisburg), a father from the order of the Sacred Heart Missionaries in Hiltrup , came to St. Stephanus as vicar. He was arrested by the Gestapo on September 20, 1941 . She took him to the prison in Münster and from there to the Dachau concentration camp . A young woman from Bockum had denounced him to the police because he had advised her in confession to separate from her fiancé. Otherwise, he would pray that the SS man at the front would fall. Schumann could not defend himself because he was subject to the confessional secret . His home was searched. The Gestapo came across a letter in which the vicar let it be known that he would rather be a priest than a soldier. This was interpreted as anti-military or anti-state sentiments. He was transported to the Münster judicial prison and ten weeks later without trial to the Dachau concentration camp , although the prison doctor had found him to be seriously ill and not fit for transport. After his liberation, he wrote a report on his imprisonment in Dachau on behalf of the American military authorities . It said: “When I arrived at the concentration camp, there was a hail of punches and kicks. We had to hand in all valuables and undress completely. All hairy parts of the body were shaved. There were blue and white striped prisoner clothing. In the toilet room there were eight sitting funnels and eight standing funnels without a partition. For many hours of the day, inmates stood in line for their turn. There was constant unrest in our environment, uncertainty, haste, shouting, confusing orders, assaults as a method of the SS to wear down the prisoners - the beginning of the quick end for those who could not resist. ”After a while Schumann landed in the clergy, von the SS called "the Pfaffenblock". Three escaped the Vicar unexpected death: transports were compiled regularly with the death of those selected ended. On April 18, 1942, all clergymen who were in the infirmary were recorded for a transport. A nurse pushed Schumann through the door and released him. He was able to hide twice. “Those selected left the camp in groups of over a hundred and were no longer seen. One can assume that they were killed. ”At the end of 1942 Schumann returned to the clergy. About this time he stated: “The initially large transports, including many sick people, were later reduced in size, presumably because Bishop Clemens-August von Munster branded the murders of the mentally deranged and cripples . Smaller transports of twelve men each could easily be disposed of in the Dachau crematorium without causing a stir. ”After his liberation by the US army, Emil Schumann returned to his Hiltrup monastery in bad health. He had to give up a pastorate that he took over. He died on June 2, 1981. In 2009 a stumbling block was laid for him in front of St. Stephen's Church .
In October 1941, Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen came to the scene of Schumann's arrest. In August he had given three sermons in Munster in which he sharply attacked the National Socialists and which caused a sensation worldwide. On the way from the Bockum rectory to the St. Stephen's Church, he demonstratively made a detour so as not to have to pass an inn that served as a meeting place for the Nazis. The church in which he preached for 50 minutes on the subject of “You too should be a witness to me” had already been filled to capacity an hour earlier. Many visitors had to stay outside. 3000 people were estimated. In the church and on the church square, it became clear afterwards, that there were twelve employees of the Gestapo external control center in Recklinghausen . They were ordered not to intervene under any circumstances so that possible unrest among the population would be avoided. After the sermon, the bishop went to the rectory with a real storm of enthusiasm. The crowd kept shouting that he came out shortly and gave a speech for 20 minutes. A group of girls from the Radbod miners' colony recited a poem they had written, the core sentence of which was: "We are an anvil and not a hammer."
On the basis of the National Socialist racial ideology , Soviet and Polish Christians were forbidden to take part in liturgical acts in German churches. Nevertheless, in 1942 Pastor Joseph Kloster invited around 25 Polish civil workers, “mostly girls”, as he wrote, every quarter “to the reception of St. Sacraments ”in the Stephanuskirche. A German woman who spoke good Polish helped him prepare. In the spring of 1943, the Polish women no longer came to church - "intimidated by a warning they had received at the office". “Office” in Bockum-Hövel means: administration including the criminal police or Gestapo. If Catholic clergy in Bockum-Hövel opposed official orders, they could feel encouraged by Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen in Münster, who actively campaigned for the pastoral care of Catholic Poles. On June 11, 1943, he pointed out to the chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Bertram , that he would not accept the state prohibition of “confessional mistakes” by “Polish civil workers” for his diocese.
A new form of burial was introduced in the summer of 1943. The coffin was laid out in the church in front of the communion bench. Then followed Requiem, absolutio ad tumbam, and finally the funeral. The NSDAP objected to this form of burial several times, so that the pastor finally had to give in. On December 14, 1943 he wrote to the mayor: Since you are of the opinion that there are economic reasons against the burial form usually used here, it will be changed until further notice .
On November 21, 1943, there was a memorial service for heroes. For this purpose, 42 crosses with the names, dates of birth and the date of death of the fallen were hung on the wall to the right of the western rear exit. An altar boy each carried a cross through the church to the wall surface after the funeral prayer. The same procedure was repeated for each further soul office for another fallen man and a cross with his data was added. These crosses were later hung in the tower chapel, and the baptismal font was also moved to the transept of the church. In this way the former baptistery became a warrior chapel.
When the US troops marched into Bockum on the morning of April 1, 1945 ( Easter Sunday ) , a German anti-aircraft battery was positioned around the place at four points . There was fighting between half past eight and half past eight. A Hessian corporal was killed. The tower of St. Stephen's Church was damaged by American guns. The worshipers who were in the church for the Easter service left her in a hurry. Major damage to the church, especially to the tower, was likely prevented by the presence of mind of some church choir members. They hired a young, slim Belgian slave laborer , who was attending the service, to climb over the organ loft into the church tower and push a white flag through a window hatch. When the Americans saw them and realized that there was no resistance being exercised in the vicinity of the church and when soldiers of the Wehrmacht came out of their hiding places with their arms raised, they stopped the fire and moved past the church towards Hamm.
Time after World War II
In 1951 the Federal Republic of Germany abolished the feast of the Immaculate Conception , Apparition of the Lord and Peter and Paul as a national holiday. On May 1, 1956, however, the community was able to celebrate the feast of St. Joseph as the patron saint of the working people for the first time. On April 1, 1957, Franziska Kupitz, who had been a pastoral assistant until March 1, 1956, was hired again as a pastoral assistant. She founded the “Young Women and Mothers” working group. In future, this met on the first Monday of each month, for the first time on July 1, 1957.
In 1960, the church council provided an approximately five acres of meadows and arable land for the construction of the sports field, which is still located there, in a lease in 1960. The pastor's office building on Dörholtstrasse was converted into three home rooms for the youth in April 1963 and they moved into in April 1965. Also in 1965, a parishioner donated the nativity figurines that had been displayed in the church until 2005. These were replaced at Christmas 2006 by a new, also donated crib.
In 1968 the residents of Barsener Strasse and Wellingstrasse donated a new wayside shrine for St. Stephen. This was designed by the sculptor Josef Krautwald from Rheine from Ibbenbüren sandstone and consecrated in the same year. It was meant to remind of a farmer who had been struck by lightning at this point years earlier. In later years it served as the second altar of blessings in the Corpus Christi procession . Eventually the completely confused wayside shrine was replaced by another image of Saint Stephen.
In 1969 the evening mass on Saturday was introduced as a valid Sunday mass. Thus, the approximately 1,260 church visitors were able to spread out over the three masses on Saturday at 6:30 p.m., on Sunday at 8 a.m. and on Sunday at 10 a.m.
In 1971 the parish committee was elected for the first time. Franz Bäumer became its first chairman. In the following years the body was renamed “Parish Council”. The first parish council made the decision to admit girls as altar servants as well.
Pastor Georg Gerken spent the "Day of Joy" with the congregation on May 28, 1972 in the home for physically handicapped children and adults in St. Bernhards-Hof in Maria Veen ( Coesfeld district ). In 1974 this was repeated. The passionate mountaineer Gerken, who during his tenure often offered trips to the Dolomites for the parishioners, rappelled down from the tower of the church on May 23, 1976. The event benefited disabled young people. With the net proceeds, the parish held another “Day of Joy” in September 1976 in the “Maria Veen” rehabilitation center.
In January 1974, the architect Heinrich Blombecker from Bockum was commissioned to rebuild the pastorate between the former pastorate and the vicarie. The work started in September 1974 made it ready for occupancy the following year.
After a year of construction, the old pastorate was inaugurated as a day care center for the elderly in May 1977 by Auxiliary Bishop Reinhard Lettmann . This still has a large terrace, three meeting rooms, a club room, a kitchen, a consultation room and a work room.
For the consecration of the Evangelical Katharina Luther Community Center at the Südgeist on February 5, 1989, the Stephanus Community presented an Easter candle and a stand as a gift. At Christmas 1990, a Stephanus statue , donated by the Sparkasse Hamm and designed by the architect Herbert Dunkel , was placed on the church on the newly designed square in front of the Sparkasse Hamm.
In 1994 three trees were placed under protection on the parish's property in front of the pastorate and included in the tree directory of the city of Hamm. It is a sycamore maple, a yew tree and a linden tree. In the same year the parish of St. Stephanus received an award from the district dean of Warendort after taking part in the “family-friendly parish 1994” competition. In addition to St. Stephanus, the Drensteinfurt parish of St. Regina was also honored. The district dean's office explained the following: The parish of St. Stephanus is actively involved in a focal point belonging to the parish. Concrete help for local people became clear here. In addition, all measures for families in the parish of St. Stephanus in Bockum are anchored in a closed overall concept.
In March 1995, Pastor Sundermann called on the parishioners to take part in a “work for all” campaign. They should show their solidarity with the unemployed. The donations were intended to create additional apprenticeships for young people who are difficult to place.
When the church ring was redesigned, the historic center of Bockum was emphasized. It was paved with concrete paving stones and natural stones in different laying patterns. In addition, rose beds were planted and trees such as hawthorn and hornbeam were planted. The newly designed church square was inaugurated on August 18, 2001.
Parish of the Holy Spirit
Against the background of the changes in church life and the increasing shortage of priests, Bishop Reinhard Lettmann wrote to the Christians in the Diocese of Munster on June 14, 1999 , asking them to consider cooperation. The parish councils and parish councils of the four Bockum-Höveler parishes then met and agreed on the “pastoral care unit” model. This means that all Bockum-Höveler parishes should be looked after jointly by a pastoral team. The new pastoral care council established in this way met for the first time on October 30, 2000. In this way, the four congregations wanted to work closely together to form a network in which full-time and volunteer workers could live an open church. From January 6th and 7th, 2001, the Sunday masses were coordinated in terms of both number and schedule.
On January 1, 2005, the formerly independent parish of St. Stephanus was merged with the parishes of Christ the King, Herz Jesu and St. Pankratius to form the new Catholic parish of Heilig Geist Bockum-Hövel. The four parishes in Bockum-Hövel were dissolved on December 31, 2004. The new parish church is St. Pankratius , the other churches are used as branch churches. This procedure, which was implemented against resistance from the traditionally local patriotic parishioners Bockum and Hövel, was due to the shortage of priests, an impending financial gap and a dwindling number of believers due to a decline in population and dwindling church affiliation.
Holy Spirit thus has between 12,000 and 13,000 members. Around thirty services are celebrated in the churches every week. Pastors and full-time employees practice “pastoral care with a face”. Rhetorically, the “four parishes” of the parish Heilig Geist are mentioned to make it clear that they are not only viewed as four “districts” of an artificially created administrative unit.
Since Pastor Gerken's term of office, there have been repeated disputes within the community between the St. Stephen's community and the current pastor. If this already ended in Gerken's case with a withdrawal from the community, recent events have led to a lasting upset between the Holy Spirit community and the diocese of Münster. In mid-2009, lecturer Franz-Josef Bäumer, who had served the community as an honorary member for 57 years, shared a consecrated host with a Protestant pastor. Correspondingly, pastor-designate Norbert Weidemann accused his editor of a “grave sin” against the Catholic Church. In its report on August 9, the Westfälische Anzeiger declared that it did not understand this highly academic dispute, which even for some Christians was difficult to understand. A view that was shared by parishioners. After Franz-Josef Bäumer had quit his service in the aftermath of the dispute, which the local media had stylized as a "heretic controversy", some parishioners turned against the two clergymen, who they accused of acting against the interests of the community. Norbert Weidemann and Pastor Christoph Theberat, who had only started their service in Bockum-Hövel a year earlier and had not yet been appointed pastor and chaplain of the community, then withdrew from the community work.
On February 2, 2010, Detlef Ziegler was to be introduced as a new pastor in the Heilig Geist parish . There was again resistance from the community, so that Ziegler gave up his office for a short time. Diocesan Bishop Felix Genn reacted disgruntled to the process and sent an open letter to the community.
"Dear sisters and brothers in the Lord,
after a long vacancy in the pastor's position in Hamm-Bockum-Hövel, I was happy to welcome Pastor Dr. Dr. med . To your parish on Sunday, February 7th, 2010. Detlef Ziegler as the new pastor. I have appointed him to your ward because I consider him a qualified pastor. He got used to the parish administration well and worked in my favor with the team and many parishioners. He preached the gospel reliably and with passion and testified it in life with many in your church.
I also have great respect for the fact that he stood in front of his predecessors in the parish administration when they were again publicly cast in a bad light. As early as last August, an emotional report in the newspaper had contributed to a situation that was unbearable for the pastors of the time. No pastor does everything right. But it makes me more than thoughtful when pastors in Hamm - as the newspaper writes - are portrayed as priests who “persecute heretics” and “transport communities back to the Middle Ages”, and that the same pastors are praised and welcome pastors elsewhere are.
Unfortunately, there are some forces in the parish who offer pastors little support in such critical situations. This has happened again in the last few days. I very much regret this development. Pastor Dr. In November Ziegler had turned down another good job that he had been offered because he would rather be a pastor in your parish. This has changed a lot in the past few weeks. Vicar General Kleyboldt, Domvikar Köppen and Legal Counsel Honkomp were able to experience how justified Pastor Ziegler's new wish is not to take up the pastoral position when they took part in a church council meeting this week.
The rest of the pastoral team is also under strong psychological pressure. We will have further talks with the other priests and pastoral officers in the next few days. Some have already clearly expressed their desire to be transferred. As a bishop, I am now in the difficult situation of not disappointing the many believers who are waiting for a pastor and wanting to live their faith with him and at the same time not to rub off any other priests and other pastors in Hamm-Bockum-Hövel.
I have therefore asked Rev. Heinrich Innig to take over the parish administration in the parish of Holy Spirit in addition to his parish, Seliger Nikolaus Groß in Werne. He will not live in your community and is only available to you as a contact person for all basic questions of pastoral care. For active pastoral care in your parish, I have spoken to another priest who will celebrate church services with you and who will be available for funerals and the administration of the sacraments.
It is very important to me that this is guaranteed in your parish in the coming months. All members of the church live primarily from the sacraments and divine service. The mourners should also be able to experience the consolation of faith through the assistance of the pastors and should not experience additional suffering under the current situation in the parish. I am confident that I will be able to release this priest from his previous obligations in another congregation in the coming days.
I hope that during this time everyone will think about how pastors can live and work on site in the future and how your community can find peace and unity again. We should talk to one another about this and pray for one another. "
In March 2011, the parish council and church council of Heilig Geist met with Karl Render , representative of the diocese, and cathedral chapter Ludger Jonas under the direction of the temporary pastor administrator Heiner Innig . In the course of the conversation it was agreed that Jonas should become the new pastor in the Holy Spirit. His inauguration was scheduled for September 11, 2011. Parish administrator Innig described Jonas as the "ideal cast", which Bishop Genn in particular had endeavored to find. After studying the community profile drawn up by committees in Heilig Geist, Jonas gladly tried to find the new position. He thanked Pastors Robert Schmäing and Miroslaw Piotrowski, the volunteers and the secretariats for handling the more than thirteen-month vacancy.
Architecture and equipment
The St. Stephen's Church is a stately rectangular building. It has a three-bay hall with a transept, a choir bay and a flat, polygonal apse, in decorative forms of the Romano-Gothic transitional style. In the west facade, three portals, friezes and three-quarter columns are set in. There is a massive tower in the northwest. The facade of the south transept has blind arches on the ground floor; there is a rosette above it. The consoles of the friezes and the capitals are partly decorated with masks and tendrils.
Jennen had recommended Ibbenbürer sandstone instead of brick for the execution. This is “more monumental and more down to earth”. The building, built in clean ashlar, still gives this impression today. Towards the main street, on which the church is also located, there is a mighty gable facade with three portals on the ground floor. The middle portal has two doors and is higher than the two side portals to the left and right, with which it is connected by high blind arcades. For the ogival tympana, it was obviously intended to be equipped with sculptures. However, this has not been implemented for a long time for reasons of cost; a resurrection tympanum was only installed here several years after the turn of the millennium . Four pilaster strips rising from the structure of the ground floor divide the upper area of this facade into a large central window and two narrow side windows. These are closed at the top by an arched frieze. The frieze in turn is interrupted in the middle field by a large round window with multi-tiered walls, half of which protrudes into the gable triangle. There are also three smaller round windows, one in the upper triangular gable and two in the side panels of the facade.
In contrast to the portals on this front and the narrow windows of the side church walls, the architect did not prefer the pointed arch on the western gable front of the transept, but rather gave it a character borrowed from the Romanesque style. The wall on the ground floor is divided by four high pillars with bases on a plinth and three round arches. The upper floor above is broken through by a large round window below the gable triangle. The south-east view of the church appears more relaxed. The eastern transept gable and the renaissance sacristy building set in the corner between transept and choir are located under a richly structured roof landscape, now covered with red tiles. The outer door leading into the sacristy, along with the eye-catching lock, still comes from the old church. This also applies to the windows of the sacristy, on which doctors of the church are depicted. There are four capitals on the outer wall of the western transept. On the left the lion, on the right the eagle, both symbolizing the evangelists. In the middle the multiplication of bread and the deer at the source are shown. The capitals were restored in 2005 with the help of donations.
On the two confessional apses there is a frieze that alternates between ornaments and faces. Their eyes should keep evil away. It fulfills the same function as the dragon or demon heads of gargoyles on cathedrals. The remaining parts of the building are dominated by the four-storey tower, which is attached to the side of the nave and is 47 meters (alternative: 35 meters) high. This is covered by a steep hipped roof. It appears, especially from a distance, quite slim in relation to the massive, down-to-earth church building.
The interior of the large, three-aisled building with a transept is reminiscent of the Westphalian hall churches of the high Middle Ages. On the inner north facade, the Stephanuskirche has a width of 19.50 meters and from there to the semicircular apse is 40 meters long. The two and a half transversely rectangular bays of the nave are accompanied by very narrow aisle bays and, like these, are covered with a ribbed vault, the girdle arches of which rest on heavy, square pillars. Very sturdy round services on these pillars that are placed across the corner lead to capitals shaped like warriors. Her jewelry, which is strongly held in the Art Nouveau style, was made in 1911 by the sculptor Peter Weinforth from Neuss . In the west it shows the proclamation and the fall of man, in the east birth and expulsion from paradise and in the same place in the choir the masks of the four evangelists. Next to the altar are “Easter lamb” and “pelican”. The fighters on the outside of the west facade of the transept were designed by the same artist.
In the southern area of the outer walls of the aisles there are flat rounded niches. The middle portal in the northern front is lined on both sides by spiral staircases that lead to the organ gallery. This opens up on the ground floor in three supporting arches to the nave. The arches rest on low pillars; Her capitals, dedicated to music, come from Peter Weinforth: "Iaus eius in ecclesia sanctorum", "Announce his praise in the Church of the Saints" with Saint Cecilia, and "cantate domino canticum novum", "Sing a new song to the Lord" King David. The two side portals lead into the side aisles. The war memorial chapel on the ground floor of the square tower joins on the east side on a square floor plan. Today it is dedicated to honoring the victims of both world wars.
The mighty transept, which protrudes on both sides by a yoke over the aisles, opens up in the large triumphal arch to the choir yoke. This ends in the south with a flat rounded apse walled on three sides on the outside. There is a high cross that comes from a wooden altar built around 1920 that has since disappeared. To the left of the altar hangs a bell from the former Marienstift as a choir bell. To the right of this is a retable, probably dating from the 19th century, with Saint Stephen, the patron saint of the community, and Peter / alternative information: Paul, the saint of the diocese, framed by two angels. It probably dates from the 19th century.
The celebration altar has a center piece that was taken from the Mauritz Church in Münster. Its front is adorned with a rich, purely ornamental work from Baumberger natural stone. In the south wall of the transept, to the right and left of the choir, there are flat rounded side apses. In the east there is now the side altar for the weekday services, which is made of spoils from the former high altar from the time it was built. In 1978 the lower part of a pulpit from the church in Vohren was used as a side altar in St. Stephen's Church.
The baptismal font from the middle of the 13th century was placed in front of the western side apse. A crucifix from 1950, made by the sculptor Heinrich Gerhard Bücker , used to hang above it; this is now the sacristy cross. The font is surrounded by eight columns. The number eight symbolizes the number of perfection. In Joh. 20,26 it says: “Eight days later his disciples were gathered again, Thomas was also there. The doors were locked. Then Jesus came, stepped into their midst and said: Peace be with you. ”According to the biblical way of counting, the week has eight days. The first day of the year is also counted. For this reason, Jesus is resurrected on the third day, even though the period from Good Friday to Easter Sunday is only two days. This is also how the quoted Bible verse is to be understood. Eight days later it was again the day of the resurrection, another Sunday. The great Christian festivals originally ended on the eighth day: on January 1st as the octave of Christmas, on the White Sunday after Easter, on the Trinity Festival after Pentecost. A return to the origin is shown here. The eight pillars on the baptismal font are a reminder of the human origin and encourage renewal. Baptism is the return to what people are meant to be by their Creator. Remembering baptism in faith in the resurrected one on the eighth day is a return to what the Creator intends to do with people: to live in communion with him, to find life, and also to happiness. Happiness is also translated into bliss. In the Sermon on the Mount there are again eight Beatitudes that speak of this happiness: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" (Mt 5: 9). Peace is to be found in him who is among people on the eighth day, on the day of completion.
On the left of the pillar of the choir is a late Gothic stone wall shrine for the sacraments, created in the third quarter of the 15th century, which also comes from the old church. In 1983 he received a bronze door designed by the sculptor Sister Tisa von der Schulenburg (OSU) from Dorsten, on which the scouts sent by Moses and the Emmaus disciples can be seen at the table with the risen Christ. The same artist designed the ambo with the hardworking sower. Both bronze works were cast in the bell foundry in Gescher.
The foundation stone of the church from 1906 is walled in to the left of the choir pillar. It is a simple black stone with the gold inscription "LA 1906". LA denotes the first letters of the two Latin words Lapis (foundation stone) and Anno (year). There is a cross in the middle and in the four corners. This arrangement of the crosses is carved into the altar plate.
A small wooden pieta in the left side choir was made around 1730. Like a figure of Saint Stephen on the east wall of the transept, it still comes from the old church. The photographs show that the statue of Stephen was part of the high altar. There are a total of four depictions of the parish priest Stephen in the new church. In the weekday chapel there is a pictorial representation of the stoning and the statue of Stephen. In the sacrament house Stephen is represented figuratively, he is holding a book and stones in his hands. His picture is on the reredos.
The artificial furnishings have recently been supplemented by a life-size Madonna from 1979 and the Good Shepherd from 1984, wood carvings by Franz Bernhardi from Val Gardena and the mosaic stations of the Cross by the local painter Josef Dieckmann from 1979.
In 1992/93 the organ installed on the gallery by the Breil company from Dorsten in 1916 was overhauled. It now has 30 registers, with the original prospectus retained.
In 2005 the church received a new bronze stand for the Easter candle through a donation. There are also beautifully designed windows and window ornaments; this also applies to the simple windows that adorn the aisles. Generous light falls through them, which makes the church an inviting place of worship. Shortly before the exit of the church through the left door there is a representation of the Holy Trinity in the small round window, in front of the exit through the right door you can see the representation of Saint Michael in the Michael window.
The structure and conception of the building created by the architect Jennen seems to correspond to medieval models. But the clear space with wide pillars takes into account the modern need for transparency and merging that prevailed in architecture at the turn of the century. The St. Stephen's Church is therefore to be regarded as the work of later historicism .
Golden Book of Gospels from Echternach
The facsimile of the Codex aureus Epternacensis (Golden Book of Gospels from Echternach) comes from an anonymous donor . While the original of the manuscript, created between 1030 and 1050, is in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, goldsmiths, sculptors and other specialists have reproduced 250 copies in detail as a facsimile. The colors, images and type of paper correspond to the original, as does the magnificent lid, which was probably made between 985 and 991, of which only 150 copies were to be made. The production was done by hand, so a copy took two years of work. Pastor Gerken reacted with astonishment that the St. Stephen parish received the first facsimile. When the order was placed, the congregation was still on the fourteenth position on the waiting list. The reason is probably that St. Stephen was the only congregation that wanted to use the book for liturgical purposes and to include it in the worship service. The book was presented to the community for the first time at Easter 1986. Since then, the book has been exhibited in the church on major holidays.
organ
In the old church there was an organ acquired from Herbern in 1858 . Due to its age and the temporary installation in the emergency church between 1903 and 1907, the organ suffered irreparable damage, so that the organ builder Breil finally gave up. It was decided to buy a new organ. This could be inaugurated in 1918. The Breil organ was a mechanical pneumatic organ, 27 registers , two manuals and a pedal . It is equipped with a hand and motor wind chest. After the purchase of a new organ became necessary at the end of the millennium, the Breil organ was expanded between March 5 and March 25, 1991. Today's organ was installed between August and December 1992 by master organ builder G. Christian Lobback (Neuendeich) using the still usable organ parts (prospectus and pipe material) . The instrument has 30 registers spread over two manuals and pedal, three wind chests, 2,010 pipes, the largest measuring 5.6 m with a foot, the smallest 12 mm sounding length. The first organ concert on the new organ with its very good sound volume took place on February 14, 1993.
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Bells
Until 1904, four very old Romanesque bells from the 13th century hung in the tower of the Stephanuskirche. The ringing of two larger and two smaller bells, together with that of the cathedrals in Minden and Münster, was one of the most important ringing bells of this time in Westphalia and far beyond; In those years it was one of the oldest completely preserved bells in Westphalia. The medieval bells show a bell shape that was developed at the beginning of the 13th century. For the first time since the appearance of such shaped bells, it was possible to produce bells with an orderly sequence of tones. This type of bell construction is still valid today.
In the course of time, the original four-part bell changed. One of the smaller bells was no longer used to ring, but instead struck the hours on the outside of the steeple of the old church.
In 1909 one of the larger bells broke. Although the provincial curator had repeatedly referred to the outstanding importance, they and another, small bell were melted down and poured and thus destroyed. This means that only half of the existing stock still exists. In addition to the loss of bells from the 13th century as a result of the war, the partial loss of the Bockumer chimes is one of the most serious and annoying losses within the Westphalian bell population, mainly because it could have been clearly avoided.
The larger of the two bells hung continuously as a bell in the tower. It bears capital letters modeled from wax threads (AM = Ave Maria), which are freely formed by hand, as well as several crosses. The ends of the wax threads were rolled into small volutes. When the bell material was formed, however, some parts were crushed or even torn. The smaller bell without any inscriptions also hung in the tower for decades, but remained unused for a long time. In 1978 people remembered the little old bell (angelus bell) that had been forgotten, sanded it smooth to the outside on the bare metal and robbed it of its patina; the centuries-old patina and the original cast skin have been destroyed forever. Then the bell was hung in a wrought-iron bell carrier in the choir room. As a sacristy bell to strike, it rang in the service until Easter 2006. Specialists in the preservation of monuments repeatedly advised the parish to hang the bell in the church tower again. At Easter 2006, donations ensured that it could be added to the bell in the tower as the fifth bell. Despite the sanded original cast skin, it still has its beautiful, fine sound. Since Easter 2006, a smaller bell from the former Marienstift has served as a sacristy bell.
The two old bells are thus among the six bells of the 13th century that are still present in today's Hammer city area. The others hang in St. Viktor in Herringen , in St. Regina in Rhynern , in the St. Anna Chapel in Heessen and on the gate building of Oberwerries Castle .
In 1909 two new bells were purchased. Together with the F sharp bell from the 13th century, they formed the new chime. One of the two bells that was cast by the Schilling company in Apolda in 1909, like its successor from 1928, fell victim to expropriation in the world wars. In 1942 the second bell from 1909 was also lost. The two old bells from the 13th century, which were included in the category of bells to be preserved under all circumstances, have been preserved. The two confiscated bells, weighing 41 and 22 hundredweight, were only replaced after the end of the war. The community was helped by the fact that the bells delivered in 1942 had been smashed but not yet melted down. The bronze material brought to a collection point in Lünen was seized and used for the new casting. The missing raw material was bought by the Bockumer, with the parish donating the largest of the new bells. The second was donated by the Portmann family, the third by the Schweins family.
In 1946, the ringing could be restored in this way by casting three bells on September 5, 1946 in Gescher. At the Christ the King's Festival (October 26th) the new bells were inaugurated in front of the church portal. Two of them were funded by a foundation. The old preserved bell in F sharp determined the tones of the new bells. A smaller one was tuned to the pitch G sharp, a larger one to the pitch e, and a larger one to the pitch C sharp.
The smallest bell bears the inscription:
“ Sancti XIV auxiliatores, intercedite pro nobis, ut mortem praeveniamus, iudicium pertineamus, inferum effugiamus, paradisum obtineamus. Anno 1946 dated A familia Francisci Schweins
Holy Helpers in Need, help us that will foresee death, stand in judgment, we escape hell and reach paradise. Donated by the Franz Schweins family in 1946. "
The inscription on the e-bell reads:
" Beatae Mariae virgini, reginae pacis, dedita sum. Voco vos ad sacra - venite omnes. Voco gentes terrae ad pacem - estate unanimes. Voco christi fideles parochiae ad unitatem - diligite invicem. Anno 1946 dated a familia Friderici Portmann
I am consecrated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of Peace. I call you to worship - come everyone. I call the peoples of the earth to Fireden - stand together with one accord. I call the faithful Christians of our parish church to unity - have mutual respect. Donated by the Friedrich Portmann family in 1946 "
On the c sharp bell it finally says:
“ St. Stephano, huius parochiae Patrono, dedita sum. Deum verum laudo. Defunctos ploro. Festa decoro. In memoriam Johannis Wellekötter, parochi, + 11.10.1945 Anno 1946
I am consecrated to St. Stephen, the patron of this parish church. I praise the true god. I mourn the dead. I announce the solemn festival. In memory of Pastor Johannes Wellekötter, who died on October 11, 1945, in 1946. "
There used to be a small clock bell on the old tower of St. Stephen. This is probably identical to the small bell from 1678, which is listed in the lists for bell registration from 1917/18. The bell is no longer there today. The church's tower clock, probably from the first half of the twentieth century by the Bernhard Vortmann company from Recklinghausen, is equipped with a free-swinging pendulum and has been in the tower for years.
Today's bells:
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No. |
Surname |
Casting year |
Caster |
Mass (kg, approx.) |
Diameter (mm) |
Percussive ( HT - 1 / 16 ) |
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| 1 | 1946 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 2106 | 1504 | c sharp 1 −5 | |
| 2 | 1946 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 1219 | 1248 | e 1 +7 | |
| 3 | 13th century | unknown | 750 | 1074 | f sharp 1 −5 | |
| 4th | 1946 | Petit & Gebr. Edelbrock | 598 | 988 | g sharp 1 +7 | |
| 5 | 13th century | unknown | 190 | 609 | g 2 +/- 0 |
Tree coffins
As was common at the time, the community's dead were buried in the churchyard earlier. It was only later that state regulations issued for reasons of hygiene forced the cemeteries to be relocated to the outskirts of the community. The Bockum cemetery was laid out in its current location in 1875 and initially belonged to the parish of St. Stephanus. In the following years it was able to be enlarged in terms of area. Today it is a municipal cemetery under the administration of the city of Hamm.
When the foundations of the new church were dug in 1906, many remnants of the old cemetery were found. Two of the most impressive are two tree coffins . Their shape and the lack of grave goods suggest that they come from Christian burials of the 9th or 10th century. Today this is considered proof that the church location in Bockum is very old and that the foundation can probably actually be ascribed to Saint Liudger.
Remains of a skeleton were found in one of the coffins, namely a skull without a lower jaw, bones from the left and right thighs and lower legs, and a fragment of a pelvic bone. The coffin was 17 + 27.5 cm high, 2.225 m long and 46 cm wide. In the other coffin the lid was only found in pieces, there were no bone fragments. In both coffins, the head position was particularly hollowed out. The church council asks permission to sell the coffins to finance the construction of the new church, which it was granted.
In April 1907 the Museum für Völkerkunde in Berlin decided to buy the better preserved coffin, including skeletal bones and remains of the skull, for 125.20 Reichsmarks. Of this, RM 25.20 was accounted for by the cost of the protective box and freight. The coffin was then lost in World War II. The second coffin is still part of the holdings of the Municipal Gustav Lübcke Museum in Hamm . However, due to its condition, this must keep it in a certain atmosphere and consequently cannot exhibit it. The attempt at dendro dating was unsuccessful. However, parallels to similar finds in Rhynern suggest an early medieval period: A find made in the St. Regina Church in Rhyern during construction work on the foundations in 1958, which is also stored in the Gustav Lübcke Museum, was examined dendrochronologically. It turned out that the oak trunk must have been felled around 935 AD. As a result, there was already a church in Rhyern in the 10th century.
Other community life
Vicarie
The establishment of the first vicariate in Bockum is documented by a document dated September 11, 1700:
"Foundation of the Vicarie BMV in Bockum
Prince-Bishop Friedrich Christian von Plettenberg honored the foundation of the Vicarie Beatae Mariae Virginis in Bockum by the former Count of Rietberg's court chaplain Ernst Rohtvos, now by his executor Caspar Rohtvos, Pastor of Rietberg. The vicariate is to be set up as the family vicaria of the Heidenreich Rohtvos and his descendants. The facilities include: on properties: a pasture, called Ossenkamp, located at Haus Torck an der Lippe, brings in income annually 32 Rtlr., Estimated at 80 Rtlr., Three acres of land on the Thye near Werne, brings in income annually 3 Rtlr., Estimated at 60 Rtlr., In bonds: 14 bonds of various origins, together valued at 3,150 Rtlr. and 25 groschen. The right of patronage over the vicaria is with the Heeßen house. The duties of the vicar are: he has to read early mass on Sundays and feast days and a weekly mass for the living and deceased on two days. Pastoral duties are not incumbent on him, only at the high feasts of the year he has to be present in the division and observance of the church prayer and on Sundays and feast days he must recite the Gospel along with a short quarter-hour sermon. Furthermore, on these days he is required to be present at the choir. Only members of the Heidenreich Rohtvos family can be presented as vicars in a straight line. If there are no pretenders, the vicariate is at the free disposal of the patron. "
Another document dated November 26, 1949 states:
"The invested vicar, Ernst Caspar Roitvoss, took possession of the altar and housing of the vicarie BMV in Bockum. He succeeds the late Vicar Henrich Brune. "
Today's so-called “Old Vicarie” was built in 1800 on Schultenstrasse. The property had previously belonged to the Schulze-Blasum farm and was adjacent to the pastorate. The "new Vikarie" on Schultenstrasse was built in 1912.
Michael's Chapel
The Michaelskapelle stood between 1708 and 1977 at today's corner of Hammer Strasse and Stockumer Strasse.
Marienstift and St. Marien day care center
The Marienstift is a branch for Catholic religious sisters belonging to the parish. The St. Marien day care center once belonged to the Marienstift, but moved to a new building in 1982 as a separate institution.
St. Ida Kindergarten
The establishment of the St. Ida kindergarten on Karwinkelstrasse was initiated by Pastor Rekers (1946–1960). Construction began in the autumn of 1948. After the currency reform, there was a lack of money and building materials, so the building was built under extremely difficult circumstances. The kindergarten was inaugurated and opened on February 12, 1951.
On January 1, 1988, the St. Ida day care center, which had been converted into a day-care center, was handed over to the Caritas Association Hamm and inaugurated on June 11, 1988.
library
On the initiative of Archbishop and Cardinal Karl Borromeo , a Catholic book club, the Borromeo Association , was formed in Bonn in 1850 . He pursued the goal of creating parish libraries for adult education. In a pastoral letter from 1850, the bishops called for the founding of their own Borromeo associations in the parishes in order to use the book as a medium to supplement pastoral care. Accordingly, the Borromäusverein was founded in Bockum in 1851 under Pastor Homann. Members had to register an annual fee of two thalers, with eleven thalers being recorded for the year of foundation. By 1907 the sum of the contributions increased to 147 marks. Vicar Iserloh became the library president.
In 1912 the new vicariate was built. This created the possibility of accommodating the library in the rooms of the old vicariate. She stayed there until 1993. Then she moved from the old pastorate to the new parish hall. During the Weimar Republic, efforts were made to get the Borromeo libraries recognized as public libraries. Although this was not fully realized, many libraries, including the Bockumer, received subsidies from the state. From 1933 the Reich Ministry of Education canceled the subsidies for the Borromeo Association.
In 1935 a decree was issued that books could only be given to members. From then on the library was called the “Catholic Parish Library”. Teacher Husemann was forced to give up the library. As a civil servant, she was forbidden to work in church associations. That is why her housekeeper, Mrs. Merschieber, took over the management for many years. Fritz Aperdannier, who had worked in the municipal administration of Bockum-Hövel since 1942, was put under pressure by Mayor Held because he worked as an assistant in the parish library. He should give up his job in the library of the St. Stephanus community and register in the NS-controlled library of the community of Bockum-Hövel. However, he did not obey the instruction.
From 1940 only religious books were allowed to be issued. The book inventory was listed; the list was then checked by the diocese and the books that could be borrowed were approved. In 1941, the diocese sent the test report to the Secret State Police and reported that only religious books were kept in the parish library.
After the end of the Nazi regime and the Second World War, the library was reopened in 1948. The range of books on offer was also broadened across the bishopric. In 1952, the Catholic library organized a book exhibition for the first time on Book Sunday in cooperation with the Poertgen bookstore from Münster .
In 1965 the library had 94 members. These made an annual contribution totaling 736 DM. In 1973 the library was renamed “Volks- und Jugendbücherei”. It had a size of 136 readers and about 3000 media. The KÖB (Catholic Public Library) currently has games, sound carriers and a wide range of non-fiction, fiction, children's and young people's books for all age groups, which can be borrowed free of charge.
Church choir Cäcilia
The church choir Cäcilia was founded in 1880 by twenty men from Bockum. The teacher Hülsmann was the choirmaster until 1906, his successor was the teacher Dumbrock until 1915. From 1916 sexton and organist Anton Strohbücker took over this task. When he died in 1931, his nephew Theodor Strohbücker became organist and choirmaster. Cäcilia has been a mixed choir since 1946. For this purpose, the singing department of the Congregation for the Virgin was integrated into the choir community.
In 1950 the choir schola was founded. This still consists of ten singers and is under the direction of Josef Splithöfer. In 1978, choir director Strohbücker resigned from his position for health reasons. In 1979 the choir direction was taken over by choir director Bernhard Goms from Hamm. He died on April 9, 2000, so that the office passed to Cantor Rudolf Helmes. When Heilig-Geist set up a full-time church musician position, Helmes decided not to apply for this position. His successor in 2007 was the church musician Mrs. Susanne Langer. Since July 2009 the choir has been led by the church musician Franziska Hevicke.
The church choir had over 80 active members in its prime. On May 21, 2006 he was awarded the Zelter badge. This was donated in 1956 by the Federal President Theodor Heuss . It serves as an award for choir associations that have made special contributions to the care of choral music and German folk song and thus to the promotion of cultural life and is awarded at the earliest on the 100th anniversary of a choir.
In addition to the church choir, there are numerous other music groups in Heilig-Geist, including children's choir, youth choir, wind ensemble, Schola, HeiligGeistBand and project choir.
St. Stephanus Women's Community
On January 19, 1904, Bishop Hermann approved the statutes of the “Association of Christian Mothers” in Bockum. The community has changed its name several times over the years:
- Association of Christian Mothers - Mothers' Association
- Community of Catholic Women and Mothers
- Catholic Women's Community Germany (kfd)
In 1976 Ruth Nägeler founded the kfd handicraft group. Three years later, the Tuesday circle handicraft group was added. Over thirty years more than 110,000 euros have been earned. These were used as donations or for community work. The statues “Madonna” and “Good Shepherd”, the upholstery of the pews, vestments and altar boys' robes as well as the dishes in the parish hall were purchased with the help of this money.
The group is dedicated to religious training and talks about faith as well as a women's service on the first Tuesday of each month. In addition, the kfd stations of the cross, May and rosary services are organized. On August 15th, the feast of the Assumption of Mary, a service with herb consecration will be held. In January, an ecumenical peace area will be carried out with the neighboring Evangelical Katharina Luther Center. On the first Friday in March, the group celebrates the World Women's Day of Prayer with the participation of eight congregations from Bockum-Hövel.
Catholic workers and miners' association KAB
On May 25, 1907, 78 Catholic men founded the “Catholic Workers' and Kanppenverein Bockum” in the Schütte bar, today's Sparkasse Hamm next to the church. A board was formed that same evening. August Höving was elected chairman and Bernhard Hölscher was elected first cashier. Hölscher held the office for twenty years until he died on December 29, 1927. Further board members were Wilhelm Portmann, Heinrich Rüller, Johann Striepens and Theodor Diekmann. The bishop appointed Vicar Iserloh as the first President (from 1924 then Vicar Johannes Wellkötter) and Theodor Heckmann as Vice-President.
In 1934 the association split into the two associations St. Stephanus and Herz Jesu. The KAB devoted itself to lectures and training courses, staged plays, but also celebrated parties. So she designed the parish family festival as a forest festival near Langerbein.
In 1935 the Gestapo issued a ban on associations, so that the pastor had to announce from the pulpit in September 1935 that the association had been dissolved and that the association's assets and the flag had been confiscated. According to the chairman of the KAB St. Stephanus, Eduard Rump, the Bockum founding flag was fetched from the vestry cupboard by the police with a hammer, saw and pliers and was never found again. All documents from the period before 1935 were also confiscated and destroyed by the Gestapo.
Caritas
Caritas has always been one of the most fundamental tasks of the Christian communities. Caritas Bockum tried to alleviate the hardship when the 1908 mine accident at the Radbod colliery claimed 350 deaths on November 12th. She also stood up for the survivors of the First World War .
The first written records are from 1935. There teachers are named as chairmen of the "Elisabeth Association" and the Catholic Welfare Association. The association was later renamed “Caritas Association” or “Caritas Helferkreis”.
In 1951 Maria Feller came to Bockum-Hövel as a Catholic welfare worker for the four Catholic parishes. In Christine Scheidsteger, then chairwoman of the mothers' association, she found a contact person to advise and help in personal emergencies.
In 1978 Ria Langerbein agreed to set up a Caritas group. In that year Longina Heckmann started the sick call service; she practiced it for ten years. Today the hospital service in all Hammer hospitals is carried out by the "Caritas Conference". In 1979 Ria Langerbein then founded “Neighborhood Aid”. Their employees were Maria Meiertoberend, Else Dieckmann, Lene Frey and Elsbeth Bachtrop. Ria Langerbein took on the individual assistance and mainly took care of repatriates and migrants. Currently more than twenty helpers from the “home call service” visit over 150 elderly or sick parishioners at least twice a year.
Around 1980, Father Christoph built the furniture store. In 1985, three women offered breakfast to residents of the Wittekindsiedlung every Tuesday morning. At first it took place in the rooms of the St. Ida-Kindergarten, later in the "Residents' Meeting Am Frienbusch". To this day, breakfast is served every Tuesday morning by four women. At the beginning of 1988 Rita Langerbein passed all documents on to Elsbeth Bachtrop and withdrew for health reasons.
In 1992 the first board of directors was elected, as recommended by the Diocesan Caritas Association. Members were Mia Aperdannier, Margret Formann and Elsbeth Bachtrop. They were considered to be spokespersons with equal rights, while Elisabeth Graewe and Birgit Hentrey became assessors.
Thanks to voluntary helpers from the community, Caritas was able to be involved in serving food in 1994 after the poor kitchen was opened. From 1995 there is an ecumenical clothing store in the rectory, as well as the family group “People with Disabilities”.
In 2002, the social counseling service “To the open ear” and the visiting group were established in the Ludgeristift Bockum. In connection with the city, the senior breakfast was installed in monthly alternation with the Christ King congregation.
To create a uniform use of language in the deanery and diocese, the helper group was renamed "Caritas Conference" on February 18, 1899. This currently has around 60 employees, including street collectors.
people
Pastor
- 1325: Deboldus, plebanus in Bochem
- 1395: Gherd von Hevell, Kercher to Bochem
- 1404: Evert Hiehues
- 1454: Berndt Niehuise, pastorm tho Bochem
- 1477/1482/1494 +: Gerit (Coerde) Vonhove (Vunnchove)
- around 1500: Gerhard Loer
- 1569-1604: Adam Kennemann
- 1605–1643: Heinrich von Werne
- 1643–1656: Johann Tebetmann
- 1656–1699: Jodocus von Cölln
- 1700–1746: Theodor Hermann Schreiner
- 1745–1755: Johann Caspar Brenschede
- 1755–1769: Hermann Otto Heckmann
- 1770–1797: Jodocus Hermann Brecking
- 1797–1836: Joseph Kumann
- 1836–1884: Bernhard Homann
- 1884–1901: Heinrich Rolff
- 1901–1920: Bernhard Weckedorf (* December 10, 1858 in Herbern , † February 2, 1952 in Telgte )
- 1920–1931: Bernhard Iserloh (born January 27, 1971 in Münster , † January 15, 1931 in Bockum)
- 1931–1943: Joseph Kloster (* August 3, 1879 in Gescher, † April 5, 1943 in Bockum)
- 1943–1945: Johannes Wellekötter (* March 7, 1889 in Wessum, † October 11, 1945 in Bockum)
- 1946–1960: Hermann Rekers (born January 18, 1891 in Spelle, † January 17, 1960 in Bockum)
- 1960–1975: Franz Fischedick (born October 11, 1910 in Bottrop , † May 26, 1995 in Bockum)
- 1975–1994: Georg Gerken (born August 6, 1928 in Lünen)
- 1994–2000: Werner Sundermann (born January 3, 1939 in Borghorst )
- 2001 to November 2007: Johannes Werges (born May 1, 1963 in Gronau )
- 2006–2008: Pastor Stefan Peitzmann, head of the newly formed parish HeiligGeist
- 2008–2009: Pastor Norbert Weidemann and Pastor Christoph Theberat, responsible for the HeiligGeist parish
- July 2009 to February 2010: Pastor Dr. Ziegler, parish administrator for the parish HeiligGeist
- since February 2010: Parish administration by Pastor Heinrich Innig
- since September 11, 2011: Ludger Jonas
Vicars
- 1701–1720: Ernst Roitvoss
- 1721–1749: Caspar Heinrich Brune
- 1749–1789: Ernst Caspar Roitvoss
- 1790–1799: Wilhelm Christian Roitvoss
- 1799–1849: Jodocus Hermann Franz Goswin Strobandt
- 1849–1854: Anton Caspar Kohues
- 1854–1859: Wilhelm Ludwig Stroetmann
- 1859–1871: Ignaz Varendorf
- 1871–1879: Bernhard Bomke
- 1879–1885: Engelbert Heinrichs
- 1885–1893: vacant position
- 1893–1899: Anton Möllers
- 1899–1905: August Dinkelborg (born January 13, 1866 in Epe)
- 1905–1913: Bernhard Iserloh (born January 27, 1871 in Münster)
- 1913–1919: Gerhard Borchers (born March 31, 1875 in Darfeld)
- 1919–1924: Johannes Quiel (born May 5, 1891 in Münster)
- 1924–1928: Johannes Wellekötter (born March 7, 1889 in Wessum)
- 1928–1935: Hermann Depenbrock (born May 3, 1896 in Nienborg)
- 1935–1936: Hermann Blanke (born January 25, 1899 in Stadtlohn)
- 1936–1939: Hermann Niehaves (born May 26, 1891 in Rhedebrügge)
- 1939–1947: Heinrich Meyer (born August 8, 1910 in Keppeln); Father Schumann, Father Schauf, Fritz Strubbe as representative for the drafted Heinrich Meyer.
- August 11, 1943 to December 19, 1945: Franz Kötters as representative and parish curate.
- 1947–1949: Franz Sprockamp (born June 4, 1912 in Bottrop)
- 1949–1950: Konrad Breitenstein (born August 20, 1903 in Niedersprockhövel)
- 1950–1954: Josef Kleinebrink (born April 6, 1905 in Bottrop)
- 1955–1961: Ludwig Ebbing (born November 11, 1910 in Münster)
- 1961–1966: Aloys Hernbrock (born November 14, 1930 in Mesum)
- 1963–1966: Josef Groll (April 16, 1928 in Recklinghausen)
- 1966–1970: Otto Goeke (born May 21, 1938 in Halverde)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d According to Werges.
- ↑ According to Schumacher.
- ^ Fritz Schumacher and Hartmut Greilich: Bockum-Hövel. From history and local history . Regensberg, Münster 1956, p. 39 .
- ^ Paul Leidinger: The time of the counts of Werl (approx. 950–1124). In: Amalie Rohrer, Hans-Jürgen Zacher (Ed.): Werl. History of a Westphalian city. Volume 1. Paderborn 1994, ISBN 3-87088-844-X .
- ^ Heinrich Niggemeyer: Bockum once and now, in: Festschrift for the 25th anniversary celebration . Ed .: Catholic workers and miners' association Bockum. Breer & Thiemann GmbH, Hamm 1932, p. 21 .
- ↑ Church choir St. Stephanus (Ed.): Our community in the course of the times !, in: Cantate Domino. Festschrift on the occasion of the 75th anniversary . Print: Albert Löcke, Bockum-Hövel 1954, p. 10 .
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 141 .
- ↑ cf. Dehio Westfalen: Handbook of German art monuments: Bockum-Hövel, Kr.Lüdinghausen, map 6 . Ed .: Association for the publication of the Dehio manual. Edited by Dorothea Klinge and Wilfried Hansmann. Second volume of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 1969, p. 63 .
- ↑ a b c After Jerrentrup.
- ^ Heinrich Portmann, Pastor Hörster: Die kleine Weile, 25 years of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Congregation Bockum-Hövel 1928–1953 . o. O. 1953, p. 62 .
- ↑ a b Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 42 .
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 49 f .
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 50 f .
- ^ Christian Frieling: Priest from the diocese of Münster in the concentration camp . Aschendorff, Münster 1993, p. 160 f .
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 69-72 and 203-207 .
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 94 ff .
- ↑ Peter Hertel , Before our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late , agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 185
- ↑ Löffler. Peter (ed.): Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen. Files, letters and sermons, Vol. 2, 1939-1946, Mainz 1988, ISBN 978-378671- 394-4, pp. 974 f.
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late . agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 158 f .
- ↑ a b Westfälische Nachrichten of August 12, 2009: Pastor Leyer is ill , accessed on April 11, 2017.
- ↑ Report by the Westphalian Gazette on August 9, 2009.
- ↑ kirchensite.de: Pray for the unity of the parish , accessed on April 11, 2017.
- ^ Post on kath.net from February 8, 2010.
- ^ Report by the Westphalian Gazette of March 16, 2011.
- ↑ cf. Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late, agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 64 f.
- ↑ Peter Hertel: In front of our front door. A childhood in the Nazi state - experienced early, explored late, agenda-Verlag, Münster 2018, ISBN 978-3-89688-596-8 , p. 162.
- ↑ Website of the Heilig Geist congregation on the subject of church music.
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